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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-44757

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.1.2137.9 and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.9 allow attackers to bypass authentication, and read sensitive information or upload an arbitrary ZIP archive to the server.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 24.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.1.2137.9 and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.9 allow attackers to bypass authentication, and read sensitive information or upload an arbitrary ZIP archive to the server.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
24.20% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
zohocorp/manageengine desktop central · zohocorp/manageengine desktop central managed service providers
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%3 November 2026: 24.20%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 24.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.